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'End the War on Gaza... End It Now': Doctors Decry Relentless Israeli Attack
"We are in the darkest time for the right to health in our lifetimes," said one U.N. expert. By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams Doctors...
Michael Laxer
Dec 7, 20233 min read
United Auto Workers Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza
Brandon Mancilla, Director for United Auto Workers Region 9A outside of the White House gates at a press conference on the morning of...
Michael Laxer
Dec 6, 20231 min read
Human Rights Monitor Says 90% Killed by Israel in Gaza Were Civilians
The Israeli military has admitted to a 66% civilian death rate, which it has called "tremendously positive." By Jake Johnson, Common...
Michael Laxer
Dec 6, 20232 min read
Risk of Infectious Diseases, Malnutrition Soars as Israel Resumes Attacks on Gaza Strip
By Global News Service “Even if peace was declared, we have a massive public health challenge ahead of us,” said Michael Ryan, Executive...
Michael Laxer
Dec 5, 20231 min read
Cypriots Hit the Streets With a Massive Display of Solidarity With Palestine
Image from the march on December 3 in Nicosia -- image via Facebook By Global News Service On December 3, a major Palestine solidarity...
Michael Laxer
Dec 5, 20231 min read
15,899 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, at least 6,600 of them children
Image of the aftermath of Gaza bombardments via UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) spokesperson James Elder on X Al Jazeera reports that in his...
Michael Laxer
Dec 4, 20232 min read
'Death Zone': Over 700 Killed in 24 Hours as Israeli Bombing Blitz of Gaza Rages
"What Israel is doing in Gaza right now is one of the most cruel tactics of war I've ever seen," said one healthcare aid worker. By Jon...
Michael Laxer
Dec 3, 20233 min read
UAW Becomes Largest US Union to Back Gaza Cease-Fire
"From opposing fascism in WWII to mobilizing against apartheid South Africa and the Contra war, the UAW has consistently stood for...
Michael Laxer
Dec 2, 20233 min read
The Power of Poetry to Move Us to Love in Times of Human Cruelty
San Francisco’s third poet laureate, devorah major, speaks on Palestine and how poetry can help us connect as we navigate the violence of...
Michael Laxer
Dec 1, 20239 min read
At least 109 Palestinians already killed as slaughter in Gaza begins again
The slaughter in Gaza has begun again after the humanitarian truce between Israel and Hamas broke down on Friday morning (December 1). Al...
Michael Laxer
Dec 1, 20232 min read
'Nightmarish Situation' as Israel Resumes Assault on Gaza
"Anything other than sustained peace and at-scale emergency aid will mean catastrophe for the children of Gaza," said a UNICEF...
Michael Laxer
Dec 1, 20234 min read
DPRK denounces atrocities committed by Israel under the pretext of “right to self-defense”
In a statement Thursday, November 30, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said that...
Michael Laxer
Nov 30, 20233 min read
Labour loses control of another major UK city council as councillors quit in Norwich
The Labour Party in the UK has lost control of Norwich City Council after four city councillors and one county councillor quit the party....
Michael Laxer
Nov 30, 20231 min read
Media Outlets Call for an End to Israel’s Massacre of Palestinian Journalists
Palestinian journalists in Gaza attend a funeral for a colleague -- image via People's Dispatch By Global News Service The world is...
Michael Laxer
Nov 30, 20232 min read
Moroccan Activists Arrested for Demanding End to Normalization of Ties With Israel
Moroccan activists at the rally to protest the normalization of ties with Israel -- image via People's Dispatch By Global News Service On...
Michael Laxer
Nov 30, 20231 min read
“War Is Violence Against Women” Say Feminist Groups in the Philippines
Filipina feminist groups rallied on November 25 to demand an end to violence against women and war. By Global News Service On the first...
Michael Laxer
Nov 29, 20231 min read
"The World's Workers Stand with Palestine!"
Statements on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People from Cuba, Greece, Brazil, Chile and the WFTU. Today,...
Michael Laxer
Nov 29, 20238 min read
Are There Any Paranoids in the Stadium Tonight? Two Nights in Santiago With Roger Waters
Image via Vijay Prashad on X By Vijay Prashad No one does a stadium show like Roger Waters. The music, of course, is resplendent, but so...
Michael Laxer
Nov 28, 20236 min read
Continue the struggle for peace and people’s rights -- The PCP on Palestine
Thousands of small Palestinian flags to symbolize those killed by Israel in Gaza are laid out at a vigil held by the PCP in solidarity...
Michael Laxer
Nov 25, 20232 min read
Freedom from War Coalition to march for Gaza in Duncan, BC, November 25
Freedom from War Coalition Palestine Solidarity march in Duncan, BC, November 18, 2023 -- image via the Coalition The good folks of the...
Michael Laxer
Nov 24, 20231 min read
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